Category: Sports History
World Record in Rome
History in Color series: Yury Vlasov lifts 202.5kg in the clean-and-jerk and sets the new world record at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. This was the grand finale of the weightlifting program of...
Team Czechoslovakia in Poland (1957)
History in Color Series: The cover photo features Team Czechoslovakia Weightlifting in Poland during the 1957 European Championship in Katovice. The original black-and-white photo courtesy of Karel Prohl (vzpirani.cz). (left to right): Vaclav Psenicka...
Leif Jenssen (Norway)
History in Color Series: Olympic champion Leif Jenssen of Norway competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Leif Jenssen (b. 1948) became an Olympic champion in Munich in 1972....
6 Years Ago
Celebrating the 2011 Stanley Cup win at the Half Time place. Right in front of the TD Garden! Lets go Bruins!
Abadzhiev and Nurikyan (Bulgaria)
Ivan Abadzhiev (1938-2017) and Norair Nurikyan (b. 1948) of Team Bulgaria made perhaps one of the most successful and productive coach-and-athlete and, later, coach-and-coach team throughout the history of Olympic weightlifting. As a young aspiring...